Support for cream-separator strainers.



T. S. HANSON & 0. KNUYSON.

SUPPORT FOR CREAM SEPARATOR STRAINERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24. l9l7.

1,7,6? Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

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To all whom it may concern:

lHe it hnown that we, 'lnmononn d. ltlsnson and llmvnn ltnnrson, citizens of the llnited @tates, residents oi Northwood, county oil Worth, Eltate oi lowa, have invented certain new and useitul lmprovements in Supports for tlream-deparator Strainers, oi which the tollowing is a specihcati on.

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l'n straining millr into a separator, it has heen customary to hold the strainer in one hand while the milk is poured with the other, and it is often dificult to do this when the top oi the milh: receptacle is a considerable distance above the floor or the can oi mill; is large and heavy. Another method has been to strain the milk into separate cans on the tloor and then pour the millt into the separator. 'lPhis operation requires extra cans and causes considerahle contu sion. The object or our invention, therefore, is to provide a support tor a milk strainer loy means otwhich the strainer may he held in place over the separator, leaving both hands of the operator tree to handle the milk can. When the strainer is not in use, it may he swung around to one side away trom the millr receptacle.

it further object is to provide a strainer support which can be easily and conveniently rator of ordinary construction, having a millr receptacle 3 supported by a braclret t which extends upwardly alcove the separator to a point where the milk trom the receptacle lid lih

may be conveniently supplied to the separator. Un this bracket 41. l secure an outwardly projecting rod 5 having a hey-seat h formed thereon. llrn angular memher 7 ot a suitable tubing is provided to telescope with the rod 5 and is provided with a set screw 8 to enter the hey-seat hand prevent the tuhe from rotating thereon but permitting it to slide freely leach and forth to move porting bracket. ltn upright rod 9 is provided to telescope with the upper end at the tubular member 7 and has a horizontal part 10 at its upper end prow-ided with a loop lit. The upright part oil said rod has a collar is and a set screw l3 tor securing the collar in place,'said collar resting on the upper end of the tube 7 and holding the rod against downward movement, hut permitting its adjustment to accommodate the loop to the height of the top oil the milk receptacle. This rod is tree to rotate on a vertical anis in the tube so that the rod can be positioned over the receptacle or swung to one side, as may be desired.

A. milk strainer ltis fitted within the loop til ll and depends into the open end of the millr receptacle in the usual way, so that the can oil milk may be raised and poured into the strainer without the necessity oil the operator grasping the strainer tor the purpose of holding it in place while the milk is being poured. When the straining operation is completed, the strainer, with the supporting arm, may be raised and swung to one side until the straining operation is to be repeated.

lln various ways the details of construction herein shown and described may he modified and still be within the scope oil our invention. I

its claim as our invention:

. l. h strainer support tor a cream separator comprising a rod projecting outwardly torm the separator, an angular member mounted to slide horizontally on said rod and having an. upright portion, and a strainer supporting rod mounted for rotary and vertical movement in said angular memher and having a part to project over the milk receptacle and support a strainer thereon.

2. A strainer support tor a cream separator comprising a rod projecting horizontally from the separator, a tubular member having a horizontal part slidable on said rod and an upwardly projecting part, a rod mounted to telescope with said upwardly projecting part and having a collar secured thereon tor resting on the upper end of said upwardly projecting part and supporting said rod thereon while permitting it to rotate freely, the upper end of said rod having a horizontally projecting loop to extend over the milkreceptacle and form a support tor a lll dill

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strainer, the mounting of said tubular member and said rod permitting horizontal and vertical adjustment to adapt them for milk.

wardly from the separator and having an upright portion, and a strainer supporting rod mounted for rotary "and vertical movement in said upright portion, the upper end of said strainer supporting rod having a horizontally projecting loop to extend over nature the milk receptacle and form a support for a strainer, the vertical and rotary movement of said strainer supporting rod permitting 15 horizontaland vertical adjustment to adapt it for milk receptacles of different sizes.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 10th day of October, 1917. THEODORE S. HANSON. OLIVER KNUTSON.

' Witnesses:

C. BoLENnnR, C. H. DWELLE, 

